Politics

News 03/15/22, 22:24

Students no longer have to cover their noses and mouth across the Golden State. The California State Legislature removed a school mask mandate on March 14. The decision gives students and staff the choice of whether to wear a face mask on school grounds since the rule was imposed in mid-2021. Some ...

California 03/15/22, 22:18

Proposed bipartisan legislation will penalize major technology companies for turning minors into compulsive online networkers. California state assemblyman Rep. Jordan Cunningham (R-35 Calif.) and assemblywoman Buffy Wicks (D-15 Calif.) recently introduced Assembly Bill 2408 to hold tech giants responsible for child social media addiction. The bill, also known as the Social Media ...

U.S. 03/15/22, 22:10

Two Republicans denounced their former party president. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) fully supported fellow Rep. Tom Rice's (R-S.C.) recent criticism of Donald Trump as an aspiring, cruel, and oppressive ruler. "Our country needs Republicans to be sane, responsible and speak the truth, [and] Rep. Tom Rice is right, most of our Republican ...

U.S. 03/15/22, 17:31

America's former top lawyer wants Donald Trump to return to the Oval Office. William Barr might call the previous president unpleasant and compare him to wild animals. However, the former attorney general still agrees with Americans who prefer Trump over the incumbent. "His personal behavior is obnoxious ... [and] it was frequently ...

News 03/15/22, 17:16

America's 44th president caught a highly contagious disease on March 13. Barack Obama confirmed he has the COVID-19 (CCP virus) disease. "I just tested positive for COVID," he said on Twitter. An itchy and irritated windpipe were Obama's only symptoms at the time of publication. "I have had a scratchy throat for a couple ...

U.S. 03/15/22, 16:22

A left-leaning political action committee (PAC) accused Donald Trump of illegally withholding his reelection plans. American Bridge 21st Century recently complained to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) about the previous president's reluctance to declare candidacy for the 2024 election. The Democrat-led PAC claims Trump violated campaign fundraising rules by not announcing his ...

News 03/15/22, 16:16

A Republican from Kentucky wants to strip the president's chief medical advisor of one of his titles. Sen. Rand Paul recently introduced an amendment that could potentially remove Anthony Fauci as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The senator proposes dividing NIAID into three separate national research ...

In-depth Reports 03/15/22, 03:11

On March 12, Xinhua reported that Liu Yanping 刘延平, former head of the discipline inspection and supervision team of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission, was "suspected of serious disciplinary violations" and being investigated. Liu Yanping was born in August 1955, a native of Fengnan, Hebei province. In June 2013, he served in ...

In-depth Reports 03/15/22, 03:06

After a recent rise in COVID-19 cases in the area attributable to the highly contagious omicron variant BA.2, China ordered a lockdown of the over 9 million people of Changchun (长春) city, Jilin (吉林) province in northeastern China on Friday, March 11. Except for identified key companies and public service enterprises ...

Taiwan, Cross-Strait tension 03/15/22, 02:59

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) State Council's official website announced on March 11 that Wang Linggui 王灵桂, 55, was appointed as the deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. Previously, he has served in many high-ranking positions in the party. In February 2021, Wang succeeded Cai Fang 蔡昉 ...

Texas 03/15/22, 02:56

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis lashed out on Thursday, March 10, at the entertainment giant Walt Disney Company for encouraging Woke culture in children using money pumped into it by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The governor's remarks were in response to the Disney CEO's criticism of the state's "Parental Rights in ...

Opinion 03/15/22, 02:35

Russia was hit by a series of sanctions from Europe and the US over its attack on Ukraine, and its economy and finances have been hit hard, with long-term effects. In addition, the US has issued warnings to Beijing, which, according to analysts, has no ability or the courage to ...

Politics 03/15/22, 02:29

On Saturday, March 12, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued a warning about a changing status quo in Asia amid China's aggression in the region. In a speech made during his visit to Malaysia, Abe mentioned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, noting that its impact is not limited to Europe. He stated, ...

China 03/15/22, 02:19

It has been three weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine. The EU has imposed three waves of severe sanctions on Russia's financial system, high-tech industries, and elites in recent days. In addition, the bloc made another big move on March 2, excluding seven banks, including Russia's second-largest bank, the Russian Foreign ...

China 03/15/22, 01:46

On Sunday, March 13, Moscow said it was relying on Beijing to help it undergo an onslaught of heavy sanctions the West had imposed on it. On day 18th of the full-scale Ukraine invasion, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said, "We have part of our gold and foreign exchange reserves in ...

Australia & Oceania 03/14/22, 20:47

On March 12, VOA cited Derek Grossman, a senior defense analyst with the U.S.-based global policy think tank Rand Corporation, saying that "China-Australian relations are maybe even worse than U.S.-China relations. It just seems like the atmospherics around China [and] Australia has hit a vitriolic level". According to VOA, relationships between ...

Opinion 03/14/22, 20:44

The Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Senator James Paterson, warned that China wants Australia to be a vassal state. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, in a speech to the Henry Jackson Society think tank in London on Friday, March 11, Senator James Paterson said that ...

China 03/14/22, 08:55

Although China, as well as Taiwan, claim that the Russia-Ukraine conflict has no parallel to Taiwan, Ukraine's answer to Russia's invasion is a case study for Taiwan and has been followed closely by Taiwan and U.S officials as well. U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities Mara Karlin, ...

China 03/14/22, 08:50

According to Reuters, discussions around the Ukraine crisis have been censored on Chinese social media platforms like Weibo, WeChat, and Douyin—the Chinese version of TikTok—since the beginning of the Russian military assault on February 24. The companies have cautioned users not to joke about the topic or disseminate misinformation. However, as ...

Economy 03/14/22, 00:48

Nikkei Asia reported on March 12 that China and Russia are ready for a gas pipeline construction along China border province Heilongjiang despite cold weather. China's demand for natural gas has significantly increased in the last decade, as it has become the second world economy. In 2018 China replaced Japan as ...